Pune: Nearly nine months after he completed his MBBS course at Pune’s BJ Government Medical College, Dr Shubham (name changed) is still trying for a medical officer’s position. “I have so far applied at rural hospitals, ESIC hospitals, and primary health centres,” the 24-year-old said, in exasperation. On the the other hand, homeopathic practitioner Shashikant…
Pune: Congress state unit chief Harshvardhan Sapkal on Saturday said a decision on forming an alliance or going solo for the forthcoming local polls would hinge on the local situations. “We will ask the local committees to come up with their observations on how the party should go ahead for the polls in the respective…
Pune: Relatives of deceased liver donor Kamini Komkar (41) are baffled over police not sending an official letter to the Sassoon General Hospital’s medical board to ascertain if any negligence led to her death, more than a month after she passed away on Aug 22.Balraj Wadekar, the deceased woman’s brother, said, “There has been an…
Pune: Residents and political activists from raised a host of civic grievances — from erratic and low pressure water supply to encroached footpaths — at a mohalla committee meeting held on Thursday at the Aundh-Baner ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).Topping the list of complaints was the water crisis, with locals urging PMC…
Pune: Dharashiv collector Keerthi Kiran Pujar apologised on Friday after drawing flak from the opposition over a video of him dancing on a stage during a Navratra event surfaced on social media when the district was battling flood.The video was taken during the Navratra event organised by the Tuljapur Temple Trust. The collector is its…
Pune: A man stole a management student’s laptop, worth Rs50,000, from the hostel on the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) premises on Wednesday. The second-year management student (20) lodged a complaint with the Chatushrungi police on Thursday. An officer from the Chatushrungi police said, “The student told us that he returned to his room after…
Pune: A man (25) working in the quality control department of an automotive company was arrested on Thursday on the charge of creating a fake profile of his colleague (20) on a social media platform using a stolen cellphone.The arrested man, hailing from Washim district, used an AI tool to create the woman’s fake profile….
Pune: The Indian Army’s Southern Command has rescued more than 170 people stranded in floods across Marathwada region where incessant rain and dam discharges have wreaked havoc over the past five days.The most dramatic operation unfolded in Lakhi village of Dharashiv district. As rising waters engulfed the area, 12 people were trapped on the roof…
Pune: District collector Jitendra Dudi said around 50 hectares of land were measured for the proposed Purandar airport on Friday — the first day of the survey — amid active participation from farmers and all agencies. Five teams used rover machines to carry out measurements in three villages — Ekhatpur, Munjawadi and Udaichiwadi — without…
Pune: A joint operation by the Pune police and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) resulted in the demolition of encroached structures belonging to gangster Tipu Pathan in Sayyadnagar on Friday. The action against Pathan follows a similar recent drive where Pune police razed illegal structures built by the Andekar gang in the Nana Peth area. The…
